Tell me your favorite albums!

[mollyringle]

That's right; I want you to tell me what your favorite albums are.

I took a survey like this 5 years ago, on a Cure mailing list (was anyone else here on Babble?), and ended up with quite the list of albums from a few dozen Cure fans. But the times have changed, and I want a new vote from new people.

I won't give you a quota or a limit. Tell me your favorites, whether it's just two albums or twenty. Any genre. And you can organize them into two categories, if you wish: Recent Favorites, and All-Time Favorites. (Because I know they're not always the same thing.) In a week or two I'll give a final tally of the votes.

Here are mine for the day...

Recent Favorites (i.e., have played them a lot lately and really enjoy them)
Doves - "The Last Broadcast"
Stone Roses - "The Complete Stone Roses"
film soundtrack - "Hedwig & the Angry Inch"
Also an Enya mix CD and a David Bowie mix CD, which probably don't count.

All-Time Favorites (i.e., CD's so good that I don't dare listen to them too much, for fear I'll ruin it)
Pulp - "Different Class"
Dead Can Dance - "Within the Realm of a Dying Sun"
Michael Nesmith & The First National Band - "Complete"
The Divine Comedy - "Casanova"
This Mortal Coil - "Blood"
The Cure - "The Head on the Door" (felt like I should choose a Cure album...which one, will depend on the mood)
The Who - "Tommy"

Comments

[impetuousnote.livejournal.com]

Well that's a tough one but I would have to say:

Recent Favorites:
Flogging Molly - Drunken Lullabies

My all-time favorites would have to be a mix CD of a bunch of different songs so mine wouldn't count.

Can't wait to see the results!

hmmm.....

[ghanburighan.livejournal.com]

*ten to twenty minutes of quiet contemplation*

recent favorites:
the donnnas - "spend the night"
the vines - "higly evolved"
soudtrack to moulin rouge

all-time favorites:
alanis moresette - "jagged little pill"
the beatles - "abbey road"
soundtracks- west side story and my fair lady.

I know I'm forgetting stuff...

[aziraphale.livejournal.com]

Recent Favorites
The Clubber's Guide to Germany
Leonard Cohen - Cohen Live
Sarah McLachlan - Fumbling Toward Ecstasy
Divine Comedy - A Secret History
Tom Waits - Closing Time
Simon and Garfunkel - Concert in Central Park

All-Time Favorites
The Who - Tommy
SRV - Greatest Hits
Velvet Underground - Velvet Underground and Nico
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - The Boatman's Call
U2 - The Joshua Tree
Ani DiFranco - Living in Clip
Underworld - Beaucoup Fish
Legendary Pink Dots - Canta Mientras Puedas

[cenire.livejournal.com]

I am certainly forgetting things, but here's a list, recent AND all-time favorites included...

-"Tommy," The Who
-"Rent" soundtrack
-"Aida" soundtrack
-"The Art of Drowning," A.F.I.
-CTY music mixes I made
-"What's the Story Morning Glory?", Oasis
-"Trashy," London Suede
-Pretty much every album by The Beatles
-"Nevermind," Nirvana
-LOTR soundtracks

Soooo many more. I may have to go upstairs, flip through my cds and come back. ;)

[cenire.livejournal.com]

Also, "Sing the Sorrow" by AFI, which came out on March 11th: it's WONDERFUL. :)

[poopsmoothie.livejournal.com]

Natalie Merchant - Live In New York is a perpetual favorite of mine. I got two years ago, used, for $8, and it's nearly the best investment I've made. I like a lot of music, but it's rare for me to able to enjoy a whole album straight through, repeatedly.

my faves

[celticmommy.livejournal.com]

This list is by no means complete, this is just what I can think of off the top of my head.
BTW, Hedwig and the Angry Inch ROCKS! Okay, on to my list.

Recent faves :
Graver's Paradise (goth compilation cd)
.hack//SIGN soundtrack (gorgeous music!)
a mix cd I made of various punk stuff

All time faves:
Danzig - 4
Drop Kick Murphys - Sing Loud, Sing Proud
Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon
Godsmack (self titled cd)
The Beatles - 1
Blue Oyster Cult - Don't Fear the Reaper

[bexone.livejournal.com]

can't divide them into recent and all-time, but a few:

"Chicago"
"Hedwig and the Angry Inch" (movie and stage, both)
Tori Amos - "Scarlet's Walk"
Tori Amos - "Little Earthquakes"
Red Hot Chili Peppers - "By the Way"
Indigo Girls - "1200 Curfews"
Indigo Girls - "Become You"
Jeff Buckley - "Grace"
black tape for a blue girl - "the scavenger bride"

[evil-holls.livejournal.com]

Ben Folds Five -- Self Titled
Billy Joel -- Glass Houses, Stranger

And just for kicks, Relient K -- The Anatomy of Tongue in Cheek, because it makes me happy. :)

do mixes count? I suppose not.

[(Anonymous)]

recent:
dredg - el cielo
the beautiful mistake - light a match for I deserve to burn
futher seems forever - how to start a fire
(wow, pyro theme anyone?)

all-time:
sparta - wiretap scars
elliott - false cathedrals
system of a down - toxicity
weezer - blue
chevelle - wonder what's next

whee!

~EG

[aynatonal.livejournal.com]

A somewhat random sampling from my CD case...

Recent Favorites:
Scarlet's Walk--Tori Amos
Fight For Your Mind--Ben Harper
Busted Stuff--Dave Matthews Band

All Time Favorites:
Graceland--Paul Simon
Crossroads--Tracy Chapman
Crash--Dave Matthews Band
Not a Pretty Girl--Ani DiFranco
The Cruel Intentions Soundtrack
The Romeo & Juliet Soundtrack
Hi, How are You Today?--Ashley MacIsaac
Roseland NYC Live--Portishead
Mer de Noms--A Perfect Circle

[xenedra.livejournal.com]

My all time favorite is The Cure - Disintigration

My $00.02 worth as a diehard U2 fan . . .

[silvurhuntress.livejournal.com]

Concrete Blonde--Bloodletting
Counting Crows--August and Everything After
Delerium--Karma
Interview With A Vampire Soundtrack
Joshua Redman Quartet--Mood Swing
Juno Reactor--EVERYTHING
Linkin Park--Hybrid Theory & Reanimation
Mono--Formica Blues
Patricia Barber--Nightclub
Poe--Haunted & Hello
Savage Garden--Self-Titled & Affirmation
Seal--Self-Titled Albums(First and Second)
Splender--Halfway Down The Sky
Sting--Best Of, Mercury Falling, Brand New Day
U2--War, The Unforgetable Fire, Rattle and Hum, Actung Baby, All That You Can't Leave Behind

Re: My $00.02 worth as a diehard U2 fan . . .

[silvurhuntress.livejournal.com]

AAH! Forgot my most recent love . . .

Live-The Distance to Here, Throwing Copper, and V

[rachel2205.livejournal.com]

Oooh, it's quite a hard thing to do, actually.

Let's see, you can probably put down everything The Divine Comedy have done, but if you want a choice, let's say A Short Album About Love, Liberation and Promenade.
David Bowie: Heathen; ...hours; I have a best of but that doesn't really count, although I listen to it lots. Must get Ziggy, really.
Seal: Seal
Del Amitri: Twisted; Lousy With Love; Can You Do Me Good?
I love my Sting best of, though I've never got round to buying his albums.

There's more, but that's enough for now.

these are just some....

[serialkiller.livejournal.com]

recent:
coldplay - a rush of blood to the head
coldplay - parachutes
massive attack - 100th window
sasha - airdrawndagger

of all time:
the cure - disintegration
dj shadow - endtroducing
a perfect circle - mer de noms
the nightmare before christmas soundtrack
kruder and dorfmeister - the K&D sessions
U2 - achtung baby
korn (self title)
the crystal method - vegas and tweekend

My Fave Albums Of All Time

[(Anonymous)]

These are mine, no one probably listens to them... Happen to be the odd one out.

Ace Of Base - The Bridge
Lifehouse - No Name Face
Shakira - Donde Estan Los Ladrones?
Mariah Carey - Daydream
Jewel - Pieces Of You
Zamfir - Romance (don't laugh, it's a childhood memory)
The Carpenters - Reminiscing (again with the childhood)

-Kéiarenne.

Favorite Albums*

[dirae.livejournal.com]

*Note: After much debate, I determined that a “favorite album” is one that you can listen to all the way through. For example, I love Ted Leo…however, he is sporadically brilliant. Creating an all-encompassing “great” album has not been his forte. I did not include soundtracks or greatest hits collections here for the sake of “clarity” if you will. That said, here are my lists in no particular order:

Old Standbys
The Cure - Disintegration
The Smiths - Strangeways Here We Come
XTC - The Black Sea
The Judybats - Down in the Shacks Where The Satellite Dishes Grow
Morrissey - Vauxhall and I

Recent Favorites
(Narrowed Down to Those I Think Will Eventually Turn Into Old Standbys)
The Flaming Lips - Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots
Death Cab for Cutie - We Have The Facts and We’re Voting Yes
Dashboard Confessional - The Places You Have Come to Fear The Most


Albums I Am Almost Embarrassed to Admit I Love
Depeche Mode - Violator
Duran Duran - Self-Titled First Album

Kim/Furies

Re: Favorite Albums*

[mollyringle.livejournal.com]

Hi furies! Thanks for the list.

Yeah, I figured if there were too many tracks I habitually skip, then I couldn't count it as a favorite, regardless of the rest of the CD.

I could well add "Yoshimi.." to my list too. Just recently got it, and it's quite pleasant...

Re: Favorite Albums*

[dirae.livejournal.com]

If you like Yoshimi, I would also check out Soft Bulletin and Clouds Taste Metallic as well. Being the LOTR fan that you are, I'm sure you already know that Elijah Wood lists Soft Bulletin as one of his favorite albums.

Kevon and I have liked The Flaming Lips for a few years now... I'm always eager to sing their praises.

-Kim

[mollyringle.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I bookmarked a page of Elijah's favorite albums...it's provided some good suggestions so far. :) (Though he lists some stuff I know I wouldn't like.) I'll have to try those other Flaming Lips albums. Yoshimi is quite growing on me.

posting here now

[(Anonymous)]

I agree with ten_fifteen, a favorite album is one you can listen to nonstop. I also don't count compilations/greatest hits/mixes. I already posted these over at the blogspot, but there's more action here, so I'll stick them here as well.

Recent Favorites:
Disturbed - "Believe", "The Sickness"
Puddle of Mudd - "Come Clean"
Our Lady Peace - "Gravity"
All-Time Favorites:
Aerosmith - "Toys In The Attic"
Pink Floyd - "Dark Side of the Moon", "Wish You Were Here", "The Wall"
The Who - "Who's Next", "Tommy"
Aerosmith - "Get A Grip"
Aerosmith - "Pump"
Led Zeppelin - "Untitled (Led Zeppelin IV)(ZOSO)"
Sublime - "40oz to Freedom"

After looking through, I have this one to add.
Nirvana - "Nevermind"

Re: posting here now

[mollyringle.livejournal.com]

Either place they end up, they'll get tallied. Thanks for the list!

[(Anonymous)]

heres a list for you . . .wandered in off of some random link . . .good question to ask!

Elton John- Greatest Hits 1970-2002
Meat Loaf- Bat out of Hell
Velvet Goldmine movie soundtrack
Both Moulin Rouge soundtracks
Dream Theater- Metropolis Pt. 2- Scenes From A Memory
Rammstein- Mutter
Offspring-Smash
Godspell- original broadway
Sublime- Sublime
Harry Belafonte- Live at Carnegie Hall

there ya go:)
http://www.ujournal.org/users/altorogue

[silvurhuntress.livejournal.com]

Dream Theater rawks my sawks!! YAYAYAYAY!!! Good stuff, yes.

[wildendeavour.livejournal.com]

Have too many favorite albums so will list favorite groups and all instead.

The Corrs
Paul Simon
The Moody Blues
Steeleye Span
Silly Sisters
Enya
The Beatles
Cat Stevens
Fleetwood Mac
The Irish Rovers
The Wolftones

Yeah, I have weird tasted, i know. But hey! It is all good.

Favorites

[theantrios.livejournal.com]

Current favorite albums:
Coldplay- Rush of Blood to the Head
Tatu- 200 km/h in the Wrong Direction (Russian Version)
Run Lola Run soundtrack
Radiohead- Kid A

All time:
BT- Rare and Remixed Vol 1&2
Eve 6- Eve 6
Incubus- Make Yourself
The Saint Soundtrack

[jedmiller.livejournal.com]

reading other people's lists is /much/ more fun that trying to sort through my own -- here's a list:

Beatles - Abbey Road
Elvis Costello - Blood and Chocolate
James Taylor - Gorilla
Rickie Lee Jones - Traffic From Paradise
Ella Fitzgerald - Harold Arlen Songbook

(based on how long they've lived in the CD player)

other or more recent:

Coldplay - Parachutes
Aimee Mann - I'm With Stupid
Pixies - Doolittle
Soul Coughing - El Oso
Prince - Emancipation

(based on how long they lived in the CD player for an intense period of weeks, more than once, in the last 5 years)

[mark356.livejournal.com]

• Fumbling Towards Ecstacy, Sarah McLachlan
  
• Mirrorball, Sarah McLachlan
  
• Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea, PJ Harvey
  
• The Four Seasons by Antonio Vivaldi, as played by Anne-Sophie Mutter and the Trondheim Soloists
  
• Live Through This, Hole

Apparantly I'm not as much a music fan as some of you are.

[shirasade]

Just off the top of my head, some of my all-time faves...

The problem is that I've made myself a lot of mix CDs of certain artists, which makes choosing an album difficult.

- Savage Garden, Savage Garden
- Frank Sinatra, Greatest Hits
- U2, Best of 1980-1990
- Coldplay, Parachutes
- Bon Jovi, One Wild Night
- Dido, No Angel
- Jamiroquai, Traveling Without Moving
- The Police, Greatest Hits
- David Bowie, Changes
- Bryan Adams, Live!Live!Live!
- Beatles, One
- Songs from Dawson's Creek
- a German compilation of Number One hits from 1970-1997, Nur Nr. 1 Hits
- also Sarah McLachlan, but I only have a mixed CD of her

[(Anonymous)]

OK...I don't even have a Live Journal account, but I could never pass up the opportunity to share a list of my favorite albums.

Recent Favorites

Braid - "Frame & Canvas"
Matt Pond PA - "The Nature of Maps"
Nada Surf - "Let Go"

All-Time Favorites

Belle & Sebastian - "If You're Feeling Sinister"
The Cure - "Wish"
The Lemonheads - "It's a Shame About Ray"
Red House Painters - "Red House Painters" (rollercoaster)
XTC - "Skylarking"

Guilty Pleasures

Nirvana - "Nevermind"
Smashing Pumpkins - "Siamese Dream"


-Kevon (a.k.a. "rimbaud")

[mollyringle.livejournal.com]

Thanks, rim! (If you bother coming back to check this..)

I'm sure you could make kim give you an LJ code, if you want a journal. ;)

[kateelvellon.livejournal.com]

I agree with the Stone Roses, Pulp, and the Who. I would add Revolver and Magical Mystery Tour from the Beatles, Sticky Fingers from the Stones, and various others that everyone else will hate (Oasis- Definitely Maybe, sheer driving fuck you rock n roll, Kula Shaker- K, unafraid to talk about Hindus and King Arthur)

favorite albums... hmmm...

[theoldanarchist.livejournal.com]

This is not complete, but it'll have to do...

recent favorites:

XTC: "Skylarking" & "Oranges and Lemons"
Charlie Haden & Kenny Barron: "Night and the City"
Steely Dan: "The Royal Scam"
R.E.M.: "Life's Rich Pageant"
William S. Burroughs: "Dead City Radio"
Donald Fagen: "The Nightfly"
Tom Waits: "Alice"
Beck: "Odelay"
Cibo Matto: "Stereo Type A"
Camper Van Beethoven: "My Beloved Revolutionary Sweetheart"

alltime favorites:
Steely Dan: "Aja" & "Gaucho"
U2: "War", "Under A Blood Red Sky", and "Unforgettable Fire"
R.E.M.: "Document", "Fables of the Reconstruction", and "Reckoning"
Tom Waits: "Swordfishtrombones", "Rain Dogs", and "Frank's Wild Years"
John Coltrane: "Giant Steps", "My Favorite Things", and "A Love Supreme"
Johnny Cash: "Live at Folsom Prison"
Chet Baker: "Let's Get Lost"
Harry Smith: "Anthology of American Folk Music"

Re: favorite albums... hmmm...

[(Anonymous)]

Indigo Girls 1200 Curfew
REM Eponymous
Neil Diamond Taproot Manuscript (childhood thing)
Indigo Girls Come On Now Social
Simon and Garfunkel Bridge Over Troubled Water (more childhood stuff)

In response to something you wrote in another entry, I downloaded "Elephant Stone" and love it.Also downloaded "Fools Gold" by SR and didn't like it...sigh...win some, loose some I guess. Shame on me, probably, for downloading instead of buying but I am perpetually broke now, and getting ready to move, so oh, well.